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'Another Jamieson loading' - Fans react as Scott Boland set to play in WTC final at The Oval, confirms Pat Cummins

Here's how fans reacted after Pat Cummins confirmed that Scott Boland will be playing in the WTC final against India.

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Pat Cummins and Scott Boland (Source - Twitter)

Pat Cummins and Scott Boland (Source - Twitter)

After a 2-month long T20 action, the cricket action is back to the red ball format as the much-awaited Test championship final match between India and Australia is all set to take between June 7 and 11 at The Oval in England. Both teams have already reached London and have started their preparations too.

Meanwhile, Australian skipper Pat Cummins recently confirmed that speedster Scott Boland will be playing in the Test championship final. Australia’s veteran pacer Josh Hazlewood was recently ruled out of the test due to injury after Michael Nesser was included in the squad as his replacement. However, it is unlikely that he will get to play the final as now Cummins has cleared that Boland will be in the playing XI.

Boland has participated in seven Test matches and taken 28 wickets. His average of 13.42 is the lowest of any Test cricketer who has bowled at least 1000 deliveries since the start of the 20th century. However, the 34-year-old has failed to secure a wicket away from home, though. 

Scott Boland just offers something slightly different to Josh Hazlewood: Pat Cummins

Cummins talked about Boland and said that he offers something different from Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc and said that it’s just a simple gameplan for him as he hit his right areas while bowling and the ball does the rest of the work for him.

"We're big on kind of everyone bowling slightly differently. Scott is a seam bowler on a good length, but he just offers something slightly different to Josh Hazlewood, and Starcy being a left-hander is a bit different. So I don't think there's ever a pecking order. You think about the three guys that you want to go out and play," Cummins was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia.

"In the past here in England, because the ball does talk a little more, I've seen players get too caught up in trying to take wickets every ball because you've suddenly got the ball swinging and seaming. For someone like Scotty, it's just a really simple game plan, you hit your good areas and you stay there all day and hopefully, the ball will do the work for you. He's had a few bowls over here now and has looked good. But he looks good whenever he bowls," he said.

Here’s how fans reacted:

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